I have written before about the menace too much screen time can cause to children at school; concentration levels decrease, sleep comes harder, and mental health can suffer. Indeed, I noted how Sweden – once lauded for its education – was reversing its decision to encourage more screen time for learning. Now we read that…
Sweden’s high literary standards were once lauded across the developed world. Then they slumped and the country fell down the international PISA rankings. Diagnosing the problem caused a great deal of debate but the governing administration has decided that part of the problem is down to children working from screens in schools. The Nordic nation…
A letter recently sent by Schools Minister Georgia Gould to Ofqual confirmed that GCSE students will no longer have to memorise equations and formulae. It’s been the case since the lockdowns, but now we know the situation has more permanence. You might say, well what does it matter? We don’t memorise all sorts of things…
The share of children receiving SEND support has nearly doubled in a decade, with spending set to reach £21 billion by 2029, according to an IFS report. Some numbers from the report: One-in-twenty (5.2 per cent) pupils aged under 16 in England have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). This share has almost doubled…
… and here’s what should happen. When then Prime Minister Tony Blair declared that he wanted 50 per cent of school leavers to go to university I held my head in despair. It was argued that as graduates earned so much more money than non-graduates we ought to send more youngsters to university – then…